Sanitary belt and bandage.



J. C. ALLEN.

SANITARY BELT AND BANDAGE.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 29, I9I7.

1,245,655. Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

INVENTOR Tam? C. flllen,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JANE C. ALLEN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

SANITARY BELT AND BANDAGE.

Application filed January 29, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JANE G. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city and county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Beltsand Bandages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in belts and suspensory bandagesand supporters connected therewith.

It consists in a novel formation of the supporting band and in thearrangement and connection of the elastic tapes between the band and thebelt.

It also includes details of construction which will be more fullyexplained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1shows the application of the device.

Fig. 2 is a view of the end of the bandage, opposite to the end of Fig.1.

It is desirable where women especially are engaged in occupations whichkeep them constantly on their feet, that they should have a sanitarysupporter or band to relieve them of injurious effects incident to theconstant strain of standing, but in order to produce the best results,it is necessary that the band be so connected that the contacting partswill be drawn out transversely, and also the ends be so attached as tofit smoothly and without annoyance, against the body.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a band A, of sufficient lengthto pass between the legs and to extend a short distance up along theback and the abdomen. The band has its greatest width between the legsand the ends are contracted on curved or tapered lines and terminate innarrow rounded ends, as at 2.

3 is a belt adapted to be secured around the body of the wearer. Fromthis belt six elastic tapes depend, two of which are attached oppositethe center of the body, front and rear, as at The other four attach tothe belt at each side of the hips, front and rear, as shown at 5.

The ends of these tapes are provided with safety pins or other means forattaching and may be lengthened or shortened at will. The ends of theband are at the narrowest Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

Serial No. 145,133.

point and above the side attachments are connected with the centraltapes, so that the band is extended smoothly in the direction of itslength and no annoying wrinkles or folds will be formed. The diagonaltapes 5 are attached to the curved or inclined edges of the band nearthe ends of the straight central portion, and by their elasticity theyexercise a transverse and an upward pull which acts to extend the bandsmoothly and prevent its wrinkling or presenting folds which will chafethe body. The ends of the band are drawn smoothly upward above the sideattachments and are thus prevented from wrinkling and chafing the body.This construction also insures a perfect fit and prevents any entranceof injurious drafts of cold air.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is A bandage composed of a band having a relatively widecentral part and tapered ends, the extremities of the tapered ends beingrounded and the sides of the tapered ends being connected to the centralpart by convex edge parts, a belt, a pair of central tapes connected tothe front and back of the belt, a pair of side tapes connected to thefront of the belt and a pair of side tapes connected to the rear of thebelt, pins adjustably connecting the central tapes to the front faces ofthe tapered ends so that the central tapes extend across said roundededges so as to hold the latter against the body, and pins adjustablyconnecting the side tapes to the front faces of the belt at pointsopposite to the convex edge parts of the belt, said last named pinsbeing arranged at an incline to the longitudinal axis of the belt andsubstantially parallel to the convex edges, and the tapes extendingacross the convex edges so as to cause same to conformably and closelyengage the adjacent parts of the body and to exert an upward and outwardpull on the wide central part of the belt.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

' JANE C. ALLEN.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. HERRING, W. W. HEALEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

